database-tools

By default, PowerShell remoting uses Kerberos authentication and works only in domain environments, and only when you specify computer names, not IP...

Beginning in PowerShell 4.0, you can use validators for variable assignments. This gives you a quick and easy way of validating user input, too. The...

To restore custom settings in PowerShell ISE to factory defaults, try running these lines: $PSise.Options.RestoreDefaults()...

Have you ever tried to enable PowerShell remoting with Enable-PSRemoting, and just got an error complaining about not being able to check the...

Sometimes, Windows Explorer does not show correct icons. When you update to PowerShell 5.0, for example, both PowerShell and PowerShell ISE got new...

If you need to return multiple items in a nicely formatted text report, here is a simple trick: get yourself an ordered hash table (supported in...

Test-Connection can ping multiple computers only sequentially, and it does not let you specify a timeout. So when you need to check a large number...

The Test-Connection cmdlet implements a simple ping to check whether a system responds to an ICMP request. Unfortunately, you cannot specify a...

When you run a native console command via PowerShell remoting, special characters like German Umlauts will be damaged because remoting uses a rather...

PowerShell supports not just the file system, so you can set the current path to a different provider (Set-Location). Here is a trick that always...

Beginning in PowerShell 3.0, you can create pre-initialized objects by using a hash table. Simply add the properties you want to preinitialize, then...

PowerShell 3.0 added an alternative to Get-WmiObject: Get-CimInstance seems to work very similar and can retrieve information from the internal WMI...

If your script needs resources such as icons or pictures, you do not have to ship these resources separately. They can be Base64-encoded and added...

Here is a simple way to encode text as a Base64 string: #requires -Version 1 $text = 'Hello World!'...

Beginning in Windows 8 and Server 2012, there is a cmdlet that helps you enable the client firewall for various profiles: Set-NetFirewallProfile...

In AD, there is a strange-looking filter: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941. It is called "matching rule in chain" and can be used to quickly find...

Before the advent of PowerShell 5.0, to clear the recycler, you would have to manually delete the content of the hidden $Recycle.Bin folder in the...

Use this code snippet to force a user to change his/her password: #requires -Version 1 -Modules ActiveDirectory Set-ADUser -Identity username...